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Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, in what he said was his first speech at an American university, lambasted Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and spelled out his opposition coalition’s efforts to create a “true democracy” in Russia. Kasparov spoke Friday in Memorial Chapel and took part in a panel discussion the next day called […]

Michelle Vatalaro ’10 had signed up for the Liberal Democracy and Its Limits course because she thought it sounded interesting. What she didn’t know at the time was how being in the political science class was going to bring her face to face on Saturday night with Tony Blair, the former prime minister of Britain. […]

Ret. Gen. Colin Powell — former U.S. secretary of state and one-time leader of 350,000 troops — knows how to make an entrance. “Sit down, you’re making me nervous,” barked the general in the good-natured tone perfected over five decades of Army leadership, politics, and diplomacy. Having stared down world leaders and stood up to […]

Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House of Representatives, easily moved from lecturer to town hall host Thursday night as he initiated a rigorous dialogue with students and community members who filled every available seat and lined the aisles of Memorial Chapel. Gingrich spoke without notes during his lecture, in which he said America is […]